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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XV
HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

Chapter 222
METHOD OF SETTING APART HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

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F.S. 222.15

222.15 Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments due deceased employee may be paid spouse or certain relatives.—

(1) It is lawful for any employer, in case of the death of an employee, to pay to the wife or husband, and in case there is no wife or husband, then to the child or children, provided the child or children are over the age of 18 years, and in case there is no child or children, then to the father or mother, any wages or travel expenses that may be due such employee at the time of his or her death.

(2) It is also lawful for the Department of Commerce, in case of death of any unemployed individual, to pay to those persons referred to in subsection (1) any reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments that may be due to the individual at the time of his or her death.

History.—s. 1, ch. 7366, 1917; RGS 4979; CGL 7068; s. 1, ch. 20407, 1941; s. 1, ch. 63-165; ss. 17, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 73-283; s. 10, ch. 79-7; s. 5, ch. 83-174; s. 1203, ch. 95-147; s. 7, ch. 2003-36; s. 96, ch. 2011-142; s. 52, ch. 2012-30; s. 61, ch. 2024-6.

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Amendments to 222.15

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 222.15

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 222.15.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 222.15

Total Results: 10

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2009-01-14

Snippet: may be made to the relatives set forth in section 222.15(1), Florida Statutes, upon the employee's death

Mazzella v. Boinis

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-05-19

Citation: 617 So. 2d 1156, 1993 WL 164891

Snippet: Sec. 4(c), Florida Constitution; and (2) section 222.15 authorizing payment of wages due a deceased employee

Board of County Commissioners v. Soto

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1972-03-14

Citation: 259 So. 2d 196, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 7082

Snippet: (Arverne) Bay Constr. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110. And when property

Plymouth Cordage Co. v. Ward

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-09-07

Citation: 202 So. 2d 600, 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4305

Snippet: surrender value. Appellant argues that Section 222.15, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., exempts from garnishment

City of Miami v. Zorovich

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-02-07

Citation: 195 So. 2d 31

Snippet: See Arverne Bay Const. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110; Brackett v. Board

Lawley v. Town of Golfview

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1965-05-07

Citation: 174 So. 2d 767, 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 4128

Snippet: Averne Bay Constr. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110. And when property

Burritt v. Harris

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1965-03-17

Citation: 172 So. 2d 820

Snippet: Averne Bay Constr. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110. And when property

Burritt v. Harris

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1964-07-02

Citation: 166 So. 2d 168

Snippet: Arverne Bay Constr. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110. And when property

City of Miami v. Ross

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1954-11-23

Citation: 76 So. 2d 152, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1878

Snippet: See Arverne Bay Const. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110; Brackett v. Board

Forde v. City of Miami Beach

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1941-04-18

Citation: 1 So. 2d 642, 146 Fla. 676, 1941 Fla. LEXIS 1212

Snippet: taking. Avenue Bay Constr. Co. v. Thatcher,278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A. L. R. 1110. And when property